http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/26/vice-presidential-nominee-geraldine-ferraro-dies/
It was announced today that Geraldine Ferraro passed away. She died from the same blood cancer as my mother - Multiple Myeloma. There are different varieties of MM; however, what is deemed as, from all of the information I have read, a rare cancer doesn't seem so rare to me when I could list four people off the top of my head who have been diagnosed with this particular C. (One of whom was my best friend's mother who passed away almost a decade ago with MM...what are the chances of that.)
So, with this news today, it appears the death of a former vice-presidential nominee becomes the first post on my blog. Had I known in October mom wasn't going to get better, I would have blogged about our experience over the last 5 months as it definitely was not an easy journey but it also would have served as a diary of sorts and also as information updates for family and friends. It appears to be one of my regrets, not blogging the journey, so a friend (we will call her Angie) suggested that I blog about my grieving process. We shall see. Most of my thoughts, so far, have come in the middle of the night and by day have been long-forgotten. I, also, don't know if I want to get trapped into a "grieving" format as I hope to pass all the stages of grief with flying colors in normal speed and fashion. I'm no one special. We are all going to lose our loves. No one escapes it.
Rest in peace, GF.
There are no right or wrong ways to grieve and everyone does it differently. Some are very public with their tears and others are private. You will have to find your own way through on this journey. Take advantage of this blog to work through your new reality.
ReplyDeleteAs I have told you before, hold your head high and know you did everything a daughter should do for her mom at such a time. I am proud to call you family.